Culinary Flashcards
Knife Safety
Is a hard, durable metal made of chromium and carbon steel.
Stainless Steel
Is the part of the blade that continues into the knife’s handle.
Tang
Is a metal Fastener.
Rivet
Helps prevent food particles from entering the space between the tang and the handle.
Bolster
Meaning that it is toothed like a saw.
Serrated
Means to finely slice or shred leafy vegetables or herbs.
Chiffonade
Round, is a disk shaped slice.
Rondelle
Cut results in an oval or elongate slice of a cylindrical fruit or vegetable.
Diagonal
Or oblique cut, is done by first cutting a cylindrical fruit or vegetable as for a diagonal cut, rolling the fruit or vegetable by 180 degrees, and then doing another diagonal cut.
Roll cut
Cuts are 1/8-inch thick match stick-shaped cuts.
Julienne
Cuts are 1/4-inch thick match stick-shaped cuts.
Batonnet
Is a sharpening stone made of either silicon carbide or stone.
Whetstone
Use a sharpening stone made of either silicon carbide or stone.
Trueing
Stainless steel also will not Blank or pass to foods, a metallic taste.
Transfer
It is important to cut foods into What?
Uniform